Question

Stanisław Lem wrote a short story collection titled “Fables for [these characters].” In one work, Busman is electrocuted while trying to bribe these characters into giving up control of the ship Ultimus. That play ends with Alquist calling two of these (10[1])characters Adam and (10[1])Eve. In that play, (10[1])Helena Glory of the Humanity League burns the formula used to create these characters, before they storm the factory where the title character’s firm produces them. These characters are governed by “three laws” (10[2])in Isaac Asimov (10[1])stories. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, invented by Rossum in the play R.U.R., what type of artificial beings are known (10[1])by a term coined by Karel Çapek ■END■

ANSWER: robots [accept equivalents like cyborgs or androids or automata; prompt on inanimate answers like machines or devices]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan B (UG)4010
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG)Ohio State B (DII)4310
Carter Pisocky (DII)Michigan D (UG)Michigan State A 4710
Elijah Quan (DII)Michigan C Miami A (UG) 8010
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Miami B (UG) 8010
Henry Nonnemaker (DII)CWRU A (UG) CWRU B (DII) 8310
Kate Merritt (UG)West Virginia A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 8410
Angelo Pan (UG)CWRU C (UG)Miami C (DII) 8610
Nidhi Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B Ohio State C (DII) 10110

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%0%80.67
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%0%71.56
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%66.86
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%14%76.14
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%64.89
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%44.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%0%62.86
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%66.56